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NOTES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF RARE 
PLANTS IN BRITAIN. 
By the Right Rev. Bishop Mitchinson, D.I). 
THE EXTERMINATION OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
By W. Warde Fowler, M.A. 
HOME MUSEUMS. 
By Mrs. Brightvven. 
WEMBLY PARK: A PROTEST. 
By Archibald Clarke. 
THE ORLETON SWIFTS : A LETTER TO LORD 
SELBORNE. 
By Aubrey Edward?. 
BOOKS FOR YOUNG SELBORNIANS. 
SELBORNIANA. 
The Wild Birds' Protection Act. 
Swallows in February'. 
Destruction of Squirrels in the New Forest. 
Seal Fishing in Pribilov Islands. 
Sanitary Swifts. 
Threatened Extermination of the Great Skua Gull. 
Seagull Shooting at Bournemouth. 
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Names of Ferns, &c. 
Peacock Butterfly. 
Mating of Tom-tits. 
The Courtship and Songs of Birds. 
Number of Eggs Laid by the Swift. 
OFFICIAL NOTICES ; WORK OF BRANCHES, & c. 
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

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Manchester : 49, Cross Street. 
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